One summer night in 1877, American astronomer Asaph Hall was looking through his telescope in Washington, D.C. Mars was at ...

Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun, is a subject of fascination for astronomers. Though significantly smaller than Earth, ...

Stunning new views of Deimos, one of Mars’ two strange moons, hint at questions about how the martian moons formed in the first place — and why they are still in orbit around Mars today. These ...

NASA shared timelapses on X of Mars' two moons completely separate transits of the sun in preparation for today's North American total solar eclipse.

Our closest look ever at Martian moon Deimos might help pave the way for crewed bases on the moons of Mars. The United Arab Emirates’ Hope space probe recently zipped past Mars’ tiny outermost ...

Where did the moons of Mars come from? That’s a question scientists still can’t answer. We know that Earth’s moon was likely formed from a giant impact on our planet about 4.5 billion years ...

Mars has been a hotbed for space exploration over the past several decades. However, just recently we got our closest look at the Martian moons … ...

Why look for Martian life on its moon? — Over billions of years, meteor strikes on Mars have ejected pieces of the planet outward fast enough to fling that debris into orbit.

If something similar had happened to Mars, scientists would expect this debris to form a disk aligned to the Martian equator, leading to the construction of moons with the same orbital alignment ...

NASA indicates that the triangle between the moon, Mars, and Jupiter will be visible to the west, one hour before sunrise.

Discover interesting facts about Mars, its moons, its atmosphere, and the possibilities of life.